Another new UK small press comics event alert! Details on the Goblin Mini Market below, an event acting as precursor to the Autumn Goblin Market in South London. Art below…
The Fine Lines Festival makes its return to Gloucestershire next week on Saturday, May 10th with a great line-up of events and a comics and illustration market with over 80…
This is shaping up to be a highlight of the small press year! More details on Caption Comic Festival below. 2025 sees the return of a vintage classic of the…
The other week I was lucky enough to volunteer at the wonderful Yo Comics! – “a comic fair for kids and by kids”. Organised by comics advocate and educator Helen…
Another new comics event for 2025 which is shaping up to be a banner year for con/fair/festival debuts and rebirths. All you need to know about Sequential Scotland in the…
A heads up for this year’s Graphic Brighton festival which, as ever, has a great line-up of presentations, talks and academic panels, all taking place at the University of Brighton City…
In the circumstances it would be spectcularly remiss of us not to alert you to the latest press release from Caption, the small press-focussed comics show returning to Oxford next…
Another comics festival is reborn for 2025! Full details on the welcome return of Caption in the press release below. 2025 sees the return of a vintage classic of the…
Another new London comics and zine fair in a year of inaugural events in the capital makes its debut this Saturday, August 24th. In/Between the GutterZ is free and runs…
A quick heads up that the inQ! queer comics fair (mentioned recently here at BF) will be running a drink and draw fundraising event on August 2nd. For those familiar…
Haven’t heard of the Battle of Wonk before? Where have you been hiding! Based on the VERY famous, and COMPLETELY true historical event, ArtHole (a small comic book and illustration…
Opportunities for emerging artists to get their work seen by established figures in the comics scene are a rarity. That’s one of the reasons we hold our twice-yearly one-to-one Zoom…
It’s no secret that the pandemic year cost us a number of long-running and much loved comics fairs and festivals. Over the last few months though it’s been apparent that…
This weekend sees something a little different on the London comics calendar as the Helsinki Comics Festival comes to Space Station Sixty-Five, mixing Finnish comics creators and their British counterparts…
Next February sees the ‘Comics Up Close’ conference taking place at Sheffield Hallam University and if you’re interested in comics scholarship the call is out now for papers. More information…
As dates for the 2023 comics festival circuit start being announced, here’s a look at the guests and details for this year’s Lake Como Comic Art Festival. Lake Como Comic…
Cartoonists for Gaza Part 4 – Solidarity in Ink with Palestine from the Comics Community, Including Work from Rufus Dayglo, Peter Kuper, Zara Slattery, Oscar Zárate and Corinne HalbertAugust 29, 2025
Raging Against the Machine: Comics and Generative AI “Art” (Interlude) – Read Tom Humberstone’s Comic ‘I’m a Luddite! (And So Can You!)’ on AI Art, Luddism and Activism Here at BFAugust 27, 2025
Cartoonists for Gaza Part 3 – Solidarity in Ink with Palestine from the Comics Community, Including Work from John Sadler, MariNaomi, Paul Peart-Smith, Tony Thorne and Myfanwy TristramAugust 27, 2025
Cartoonists for Gaza Part 2 – Solidarity in Ink with Palestine from the Comics Community, Including Work from Krent Able, Charlie Adlard, Danny Noble, Fumio Obata and Corinne PearlmanAugust 26, 2025
Cartoonists for Gaza Part 1 – Solidarity in Ink with Palestine from the Comics Community, Including Work by Bryan Talbot, Annassi Mehdi, Martin Rowson, The Rickard Sisters and Darryl CunninghamAugust 23, 2025
